ITEM
Faccetta nera Item Info
Faccetta nera - item
- Object ID:
- demo_1189
- Creator:
- Odeon
- Type of Sound:
- Music
- Lyrics Composer:
- Renato Micheli
- Music Composer:
- Mario Ruccione
- Instruments:
- Tenor; Choir; Orchestra; Conductor
- Type of Music:
- Song March
- Record Language:
- Italian
- Date:
- 1935
- Identifier:
- 12442 GO
- Linked Recording:
- demo_1190
- Rights:
- metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
- Source:
- Corriere Musicale Rassegna Fonografica, December 25 - January 25, 1936
- Description:
- A song that achieved immense popularity soon after its first release in June 1935, "Faccetta nera" was part of the vast propaganda repertoire that accompanied the political preparation for the Second Italo-Ethiopian Conflict, its conduct, then the victory of Fascist troops and the founding of the Italian Empire in East Africa. The song encapsulates some of the most striking features of this repertoire: racism; African women placed under the sexual domination of Italian colonists; liberation of Ethiopia by the Italian invasion; the civilizing mission of the Fascist regime. Too suggestive, her lyrics were modified in 1936, as the regime considered that they encouraged amorous and sexual relations between Italian colonists and Ethiopian women, which were to be limited notably for racial reasons (see Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci, Totalitarisme fasciste, Paris, CNRS Éditions, 2018).
- Online Resources:
- http://id.sbn.it/bid/DDS0210330
- Performers:
- Aldo Masseglia Società Corale Verdi Mario Mariotti
- Lyrics by:
- Renato Micheli
- Music by:
- Mario Ruccione
- Instruments:
- Tenor Choir Orchestra Conductor
- Genre:
- Song March
- Sound Type:
- Music
- Recording Language:
- Italian
- Related Record:
- demo_1190
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Faccetta nera", REDIRE Database, Bonn Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH)
- Reference Link:
- http://localhost:4000/items/demo_1189.html
Rights
- Rights:
- metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
- Standardized Rights:
- Dischi Odeon, Catologo generale, March 1, 1939